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[filed under theme 8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / b. Critique of tropes
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Full Idea
A property-instance must be spread out in space, or it is not clear how a colour nature can be present, but then it has to be a complex entity, and tropes are supposed to be simple entities.
Gist of Idea
A colour-trope cannot be simple (as required), because it is spread in space, and so it is complex
Source
J.P. Moreland (Universals [2001], Ch.3)
Book Ref
Moreland,J.P.: 'Universals' [Acumen 2001], p.65
A Reaction
Seems a fair point. Nothing else in reality can be sharply distinguished, so why should 'simple' and 'complex'?
The
22 ideas
with the same theme
[arguments against the existence of tropes]:
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14327
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Trope theorists cannot explain how tropes resemble each other
[Russell, by Mumford]
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15480
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Objects are not bundles of tropes (which are ways things are, not parts of things)
[Martin,CB]
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8538
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Trope theory needs extra commitments, to symmetry and non-transitivity, unless resemblance is exact
[Armstrong]
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4445
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If properties and relations are particulars, there is still the problem of how to classify and group them
[Armstrong]
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15750
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Tropes need a similarity primitive, so they cannot be used to explain similarity
[Lewis]
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15749
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Trope theory (unlike universals) needs a primitive notion of being duplicates
[Lewis]
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15748
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Trope theory needs a primitive notion for what unites some tropes
[Lewis]
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8527
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More than one trope (even identical ones!) can occupy the same location
[Daly]
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8528
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If tropes are linked by the existence of concurrence, a special relation is needed to link them all
[Daly]
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10742
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Tropes can overlap, and shouldn't be splittable into parts
[Oliver]
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4611
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The supporters of 'tropes' treat objects as bundles of tropes, when I think objects 'possess' properties
[Heil]
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4483
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If abstract terms are sets of tropes, 'being a unicorn' and 'being a griffin' turn out identical
[Loux]
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18352
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Tropes have existence independently of any entities
[Lowe]
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8286
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Tropes cannot have clear identity-conditions, so they are not objects
[Lowe]
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8294
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How can tropes depend on objects for their identity, if objects are just bundles of tropes?
[Lowe]
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8296
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Does a ball snug in plaster have one trope, or two which coincide?
[Lowe]
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8295
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Why cannot a trope float off and join another bundle?
[Lowe]
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12253
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If tropes are in space and time, in what sense are they abstract?
[Oderberg]
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4462
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A colour-trope cannot be simple (as required), because it is spread in space, and so it is complex
[Moreland]
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4463
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In 'four colours were used in the decoration', colours appear to be universals, not tropes
[Moreland]
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7959
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How do a group of resembling tropes all resemble one another in the same way?
[Macdonald,C]
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7960
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Trope Nominalism is the only nominalism to introduce new entities, inviting Ockham's Razor
[Macdonald,C]
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